Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-hw: fix device node refcount leak in phandle parsing

From: Viresh Kumar

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 00:33:57 EST


On 09-10-26, 01:24, Haotian Zhang wrote:
> of_parse_phandle_with_args() transfers a reference to the provider node
> in out_args->np, which the caller is responsible for releasing with
> of_node_put(). Neither qcom_get_related_cpus() nor
> qcom_cpufreq_hw_cpu_init() ever puts args.np: they only put cpu_np, which
> is a different node obtained from of_cpu_device_node_get(). The
> reference is therefore leaked on every successful call, and
> qcom_get_related_cpus() leaks one per present CPU.
>
> Release args.np after the parsed index has been read in both call sites.
>
> Fixes: 2849dd8bc72b ("cpufreq: qcom-hw: Add support for QCOM cpufreq HW driver")
> Assisted-by: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> index 874ff3fb9d97..060a460716f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> @@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ static void qcom_get_related_cpus(int index, struct cpumask *m)
>
> if (index == args.args[0])
> cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, m);
> +
> + of_node_put(args.np);
> }
> }
>
> @@ -554,6 +556,7 @@ static int qcom_cpufreq_hw_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> return ret;
>
> index = args.args[0];
> + of_node_put(args.np);
> data = &qcom_cpufreq.data[index];
>
> /* HW should be in enabled state to proceed */

Applied. Thanks.

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viresh